Table 3.
Weighted descriptive statistics of children's health, by household member drug or alcohol problem: 2016 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH).
| Household member drug or alcohol problem |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| Fair or poor health | 3.5% | 1.6% | ** |
| Activity limitation | 9.1% | 4.8% | *** |
| Chronic school absence | 8.1% | 3.4% | *** |
| Learning disability | 12.1% | 5.0% | *** |
| ADD/ADHD | 18.1% | 6.5% | *** |
| Depression | 8.1% | 2.1% | *** |
| Anxiety problems | 16.7% | 5.0% | *** |
| Behavioral or conduct problems | 17.1% | 5.3% | *** |
| Developmental delay | 7.6% | 4.2% | *** |
| Asthma | 12.8% | 8.0% | *** |
| Obesity | 20.0% | 15.6% | ** |
| Speech or other language disorder | 6.4% | 4.5% | *** |
| Any specific health condition | 47.2% | 25.1% | *** |
| Number of specific health conditions | 1.09 | 0.46 | *** |
| N | 45,744 | 4,468 | |
Note: Asterisks compare children exposed to household member drug or alcohol problem and children not exposed to household member drug or alcohol problem. Ns vary across outcome variables (see Table 1). **p < .01, ***p < .001.